Email Overload
Ah, snow day. Perfect day to catch up on some emails, right? For many people, email is a constant source of “catching-up” and can be the vain of their existence. A recent study by AOL only shows that we’re not alone in our email madness (AOL Email Survey)
Maybe you can relate to these statistics:
- 46% of email users said they’re hooked
- 20% check email more than 10 times a day
- 27% have declared “email bankruptcy” deleting all of their messages and starting new
- 20% have over 300 emails in their inbox
It doesn’t have to be this way! Email can be a wonderful tool, and I think we forget it can be managed just like every other facet of office life. Just because it’s on your laptop – out of sight, out of mind – doesn’t mean it should be ignored.
November 16, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Love the “email Bankruptcy,” never heard that term before, but know people that have done that – esp after a vacation…